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Prcis
Marla Waters
P. 6
AP Gov
The First of the Washington Establishment
Morris P. Fiorina
Thesis
A politicians fundamental goal in the political process is to win reelection. In order to
achieve reelection there has been a change in the mix of congressio

Prcis
Marla Waters
The Presidential Character
James David Barber
Thesis
It is the total character of the person who occupies the White House that is the
determinant of presidential performance.
Points of Interest
He brings his own character, his Own View

AP
Marla Waters
18 January 2012
Prcis
The Misplaced Obsession with PACs
Larry J. Sabato
Thesis of Article
PAC excesses are merely a symptom of other serious maladies in the area of political
money, but they near-obsessive focus by public inters groups and

The Federal System
Marla Waters
Period 6
11/22/2011
AP Government
1. Grodzins describes marble cake as an inseparable mingling of state and federal
government powers. Functions and presiding authority within the state and federal
government over lap in or

Marla Waters
Prcis
03/05/12
Promises, Promises
Carl M. Cannon
Thesis
Presidents often find ways to keep the promises they make to the general public, even in
the toughest of circumstances.
Points of Interest
In context of his Administration Clintons abil

AP Gov
P.6
Marla Waters
04/09/12
Precis
Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It
Thesis
In order to barley get by in the middle class many Americans rely on the governmental
safety net to fund their living. Even if they are critics, these indi

Precis
Marla Waters
3/1/12
Presidential Paradox (1997)
Thomas E. Cronin and Michael Genovese
Thesis
The paradox of the invention of the presidency is, there are many gaps the framers left to
allow the power of the president to adapt with the changing time

Court Cases
Texas vs. Johnson, 1989: Said that the burning of the flag was legal because its a form
of freedom of symbolic speech
Plessey vs. Ferguson: Separate but equal by the Jim Crow laws.
Brown vs. Board of Education: Repealed Plessey vs. Ferguson
Ju

AP
Marla Waters
Government, Period 6
The Hyperpluarlism Trap Prcis
Jonathan Rauch
Thesis of the Article
The people and special interest groups, over time, have become indistinguishable. In
the past four decades there has be an increase in how many America

Marla Waters
AP Government
P.6
02/06/2012
Feeding the Beast
Kenneth T. Walsh
1. Democrats and Republicans have both claimed a media conspiracy but the
media has become too competitive, independent and frazzled by the constant
pressures of deadlines to dev

Waters 1
Marla Waters
Mr. Blackburn
AP Government
8 January 2012
Federalist #10
1. (a) Marlas Definition: A faction is a group of people within a larger group of
people with similar ideals.
Googles Definition: A small, organized, dissenting group within a

Court Cases in Chapter 5
Gitlow vs. New York: Court noted that the states were not completely free to limit forms
of political expression- first selective incorporation of freedom of speech to states. 1st
Texas vs. Johnson, 1989: Said that the burning of

Chapter 19 Vocab
Isolationism: A national policy of avoiding participation in foreign affairs
Unilateralism: A national policy of actin without consulting others
Moralism: The policy of emphasizing morality in foreign affairs
Pragmatism: The policy of tak

Chapter 18 Vocab
Business cycles: Fluctuations between expansion and recession that are a part of modern
capitalist economies
Laissez- faire: To allow to do, to lead alone: A hands- off governmental policy that is based on
the belief that government invol

Chapter 17 Vocab
Public policy: an intentional course of action followed by government in dealing with some
problem or matter of concern.
Agenda: A set of issues to be discussed or given attention
Systemic agenda: All public issues that are viewed as requ

Chapter 6 Vocab
13th Amendment: One of the three Civil War Amendments; specifically bans slavery in
the United States.
Black Codes: Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern
states following the Civil War.
14th Amendment: On

Chapter 5 Vocab
Civil Liberties: the personal guarantees and freedoms that the federal government cannot
abridge by law, constitution, or judicial interpretation.
Civil rights: The government- protected rights of individuals against arbitrary or
discrimin

APGovernmentandPolitics:StudyGuideMidYear
Exam
Articles of Confederation: First constitution, failed because of weaknesses in
government. No executive or judicial branch, no national currency, no power to tax, no
regulation of interstate or commerce.
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